Rustic square.



P. 'A. VIRTUE.

RUSTIC SQUARE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1908.

921,488, Patented May 11, 1909.

' b AZ tonguez the body of which is formed in dif- Porterville, inthecounty of Tulane and surface of the lapped strip, said tongue and"resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, but apractical embodi- FRANK AJVIRTUE, or IQORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

au's'rrc SQUARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.-

Application filed July 21, 1908. Serial No. 444,686.

To all whom it may con cem:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. VinTUE, a citizen of the United. States,residing at State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Rustic Squares, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to carpenters tools, and hasspecially inview a novel form of square especially adapted for accur ately'measuring and marking the lapped surfaces of what is known as rusticsidings or weather boards .for houses. 1

. With the'above and other objects inview' the invention contemplates asquare, the head portion of which is provided with means for engagingwith the top edge of a siding, strip, and thetongue of which is providedwith a stepped-surface'which conforms to the,

head being provided with a measuring scale ateach side thereof.

It will be evidentthatin. the practical-an plication of the invention;changes may be ment of the same is shown in the accompanying drawing, in,which--- Figure 1 is a plan view of the squ'are, 'Fig. 2 isa sectionalview through a three-lap rustic siding strip, showing the square"applied thereto.. Like characters of reference designate correspondingparts; 1 In the practical example of the invention shown in theaccompanying drawings, the same has been shown as it appears-whenmeasuring a three-lap strip, but it will of course be obvious thatthesaine may be used in connection with strips containing more or lesslaps, theessential feature of the invention residing in the head 1 andintegral ferent planes, one surface of said head having eachlongitudinal edge provided with a measuring scale I, which is dividedinto inches and fractions thereof.

Preferably the tool is formed of sheet metal so as to enable thesanre tobe stamped orotherwise formed from one piece of material, to provide an,integral head and onfue 2. The longitudinal bottom edge of t re head 1]from its .jhnction with the said standing flanges; which, as shown Fig.-2 of the, drawings engage with" the. top edgeare in iflerent planes.

easurmg' lapped strips,

4 of the lapped m-ii) 5. Thelongit-udinal edges of the tongue areprovided, with a measuring scale 6, which is also divided into inchesand fractions thereof, and the said lapped strip 5.

It will be understood'that the strip shown in the accompanying-drawingsis a conventional one, such-as is used for sidingsor weatherboards forhouses, and the. same is generally furnished in the formof two or threelaps to each strip. And in order to accurately measure the same with theold type of square, it was heretofore necessary to bend the tool toconform to the stepped or lapped surface. This bending of the toolresulted in the same being destroyed in a short while. With the )resentinvention, the tongue is formed to t around the top surface of each ofthe raised portions of the strip, with the result that it'is possible toobtain the'necessary measurement f ings and sawing accurately.

4 A distinctive feature of the invention, in

.60 tongue is provided with 'a' plurality of" or markaddition to theform of tongue, is in the hold- '1. A tool for measuring and inarkinlapped strips, comprising a head provide with holding flanges, and atongue provided with a plurality of connected portions which 2. A toolfor comprising a head provided with a measurrn scale, holding flangescarried by said head, and a tongue integral with said head and providedwith a plurality of connected ortions which' are in different longiturnal planes. h

3. A tool fonmeasuring lapped strips, comprising a head provided withholding 'fianges, and a tongue. provided with a plurality of surfaceswhich are in different planes, and a sh'oulderconn'ecting each twoof-said surfaces .ofthe tongue.

1 -4.' A""tool for measuring lapped strips comprising ahead providedwith,..holdin2 flanges, a tongue integral with said head and portionswhich are in different planes and 10 I provided with .a plurality ofconnected suriaving a shouldered connection forming lap aces which arearranged in different planes. en aging flanges.

5. A tool for measuring lapped strips ntestimony whereof,Iaflix mysignaturecomprising a head provided with holding in presence of twoWitnesses. flanges, measuring scales on said head, a FRANK-A. VIRTUE.tongue integral with said head and also pro- Witnesses: Y vided withedge measuring scales, said KARL BERYLOFF,

. tongue being provided with a plurality of E. W. LOYD.

